I couldn’t agree with you more about this statement, in fact I’m highlighting and printing it. I’ve done everything but stand on my head to set aside time to write and be an Artist but the reality of it is that most of my energy goes into a job that I have very little interest/passion in. I’ve always been reduced to the decision of being an Artist or eating. I think this is mainly due to stereotypes of Artists and Capitalism/Consumerism. Anyways, your post has been greatly appreciated, I’m starting to come to terms with my decision to play it safe and work full time vs. putting my Artististic aspirations on the back-burner.

I admire your ‘business model’: teaching yoga, writing, emily books. It’s hard for me too, to remember I’m in a good place now when everything feels so unfinished. Instead of enjoying the end of my last college semester as a thirty year old, I’m daydreaming about the job I’m going to start, the house I want to live in, the baby I might have in 4-6 years. In reality, I’m lucky to be where I am right now, on my tiny loveseat (“couch”) in my tiny studio sitting next to Scraps taking an orgo study break. Not to sound like a weekend-Buddhist or something. Anyway, you’ve accomplished a tremendous amount of stuff, and you’re really productive and awesome, and the horrible, awful Raffles diagnosis aside, I really admire where you are right now.

(sorry.)